The Life Of Abraham Lincoln

The book I selected to review is “The Life of Abraham Lincoln” by Henry Ketcham. This book is an autobiography about Abraham Lincoln’s life. It also touches on some writings that are derived from “The Famous Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”. The book starts out describing the young man, Abraham Lincoln and how he had a much taller figure comparing Abraham Lincoln to the other population of the nineteenth century. It also goes on to describe how he arrived in the New Salem area and became a very well-known figure of the area. The story would continue onto every other important aspect of Abraham Lincoln’s life, studying law and campaigning for a seat in the Illinois legislature where he would eventually win, meeting his wife Mary Todd, not

Before reading this book, I did not have a very good understanding of who Abraham Lincoln was let alone all of the great things he did. This is mostly because I grew up most of my life in Cuba and did not come to the United States until I was in high school. I missed a lot of the early American history classes that a lot of other American students are taught. Now after reading this book I feel I have a very large understanding of Abraham Lincoln and all of the great things he did for the country. He left a very large lasting impact on the country. The fact that I grew up in Cuba and do not have very much knowledge about early American history played a large role in why I selected this book. I like to learn about historical times and felt that it would be a great opportunity to learn about the sixteenth president of the United

The first thing I took from this book is anyone can achieve anything and make great changes in the world if you set your mind to it. The book gave a great overview of all of the accomplishments Abraham Lincoln achieved. He achieved his goal of getting a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, completing a term in the U.S House of Representatives, Receiving the Republican nomination for his president campaign, becoming the sixteenth president of the Unites States of America, and abolishing slavery. It showed all of the great things Abraham Lincoln achieved and the perseverance and dedication it takes to achieve great things. Abraham Lincoln simply did not have these great achievements handed to him. He fought tooth and nail for every single one. The second thing I took from the book is that success does not come the first time around. Abraham Lincoln failed the first time on almost every single achievement that is listed above besides becoming president. He always faced the harsh reality of defeat whenever he ran for office the first time. However, Abraham Lincoln would always bounce back to achieve his goals. Abraham Lincoln actions show me that you should never give up. That there is always a way to achieve your goals. The book strongly conveys these two aspects if you dig deeper than just the text from Henry Ketcham. I find that these are two very important